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The. New Cotton.P Planter.

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South Carolina, which has given to the
world Mason's cottou.picker, has now
followed up that invention by another
equally as great. The new machine is
thus spoken of in the Sumter CORES.
pondencs of the Charleston Neaus and
Courier:
As public test of the cotton chopper
invented by Mr. J. B. Ammons, of
Kershaw, was had at Wedge6eld on last
Saturday, on the farm of Mr.. j. r..
!Aycock, and was in every particular sat.
:isfactory. Mr.. Ammon's machine is of
very simple construction and can be
operated with ease by one hand. 1t is
built somewhat on the principle of q
sulky plow, with adjustable hoes, so that
cotton in rows of any width, can be
chopped out. Mr.. Ammons has been
working at this invention for about eleven
years, and in spite of repeated draw.
backs has at last brought it to its present
state of perfection. One hand can now
with ease chop out thirty acres of cotton
per day. Public tests With very satisfac.
tory results have been made in the
counties of Marion, Kershaw, Richland,
Marlboro, Chesterfield and Sumter.
s The importance of this invention can
scarcely be imagined at the outset. The
expenses of raising cotton under sys.
tenn of free labor, with all the risk OF
shortness of hands and the unreliability
of the negro race, has made it q question
whether it could much longer be kept up.
This machine, however, will save the
labor of twenty-five men, thus rendering
it impossible for any farmer to fall vic.
tim to the grass. Together with Mason's
cotton picker, it opens up immense
probabilities for the future.
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Not Ready to Unite.

PH1LADELAH1A, May 27.-In the
general assembly of the United Presby-
terian church of North America the
fraternal salutation of the Associated
Reformed synod of the South, Rev. j. G.
Galloway, of the. Associate Reformed
church, South, was introduced and ad-
dressed the assembly, He conveyed che
Christian salutations of the synod of the
South to the assembly. The course for
him to pursue was one of the utmost
candor and fraukness. The Associate
Reformed church has rejected the basis
of union, and the reasons, as he con.
ceived, for doing so were two. The first
was the agitation in the United Presby.
terian church over the organ question;
aud second, from the opposition of a
respectable minority to the fourteenth
article in the testimony of the United
Presbyterian church. The Associate
Reformed church wishes to wait until
the organ question is settled in peace.
full way. A large portion of the Associ.
ate Reformed church considers the
introduction of an organ as fatal to
congregational singing. The Associate
Reformed church does not wish to restore
slavery. There is not man who does
not heartily rejoice that the incubus of
slavery is destroyed, never to return.
Applause. The opposition comes. from
old people, those of ante bellum times.
The old live in the past, but after all,
their opposition is more that of chival.
rous sentiment than otherwise. We feel,
said Mr.. Galloway, that we ought to
regard the feelings of those old people,
and not outrage their convictions and
drive them from our communion. When
the year 1900 shall have arrived, slavery
will be almost memory. I was born
and raised in South Carolina. The new
South has no leaning toward slavery.
Why cannot we rest as basis of union
on the cordial acceptance of the West.
minister confession and Catachism as his.
torically interpreted. He trusted the
day was not far distant when the TWO
churches shall be- organically what they
are spiritually-one. The moderator
responded to the greetings of Mr.. Gallo.
way, and said it would be we'll that there
should be no indiscriminate haste
relative to instrumental music. With
regard to article in testimony of united
Presbyterian church, it is record of the
church. He trusted that over the two
churches there would be soon one banner,
with words written over it.: "The United
Presbyterian Church of North America"
We can go on and do our work until
God in his own good time brings about
organic union.
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Escape OF Prisoners.

Six colored prisoners broke out of the
county Jail here last night and escaped.
The names of the fugitives are as follows !;
Dunk Jones, committed for grand lar
ceny; Jake Finlay, horse stealing; Joe
Harris, one of the Air Line RAILROAD rob.
.bers John. Adams and Adolphus
Adam, the two counterfeiters from Abbe-
Vile, and VIM. Adams, convicted at the
last term Of the Uaited States Court for
retailing liquor without a license, and
sentenced to SIX months in the county
JAIL. Early this morning William
Adams returned to the Jail and said that
he had been forced to 60 out with the
fngitives; that they told him if he did
NOT 20 they would kill him. He says
that they broke out between eleven and
twelve o'clock last night, and that he
went with some of them as far as the Air
Line railroad depot and then LETT them
and returned to the Jail and waited until
daylight to be let in.
The prisoners were all confined in the
same room on the second floor, and
escaped by cutting out the mortar
between the rocks of which the wall is
built, the only instrument they had being
the handle OF an iron kettle, and, after
removing the rocks, they quietly stepped
out and descended to the ground on a
ladder that had been left standing
against the wall and just in the right
place for them. ~. .s:l;.s
Sheriff Gilreath started posse of men
this morning in pursuit of the fugitives,
and willsmake every effort to recapture
:them... .s.S.,
The Jail is one of the Oldest and most
insecure in the State. 1t was built
seventy..five years ago, and is in a very
dilapidated condition Correspondence
augusta Chronicle, Nay ~.
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Sixteen Hundred Horses Burned.

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New YORK, May 27.-Flames broke
out at half.past l O'Clock this morning
in the south end Of the Belt Line stables,
on 10th avenue, between SD and 54th
streets. The building was entirely de.
stroyed, with 1000 horses and nearly all
the cars in the building. The flames
were first seen by one of the night hands,
who gave the alarm. The flames spread
rapidly and soon completely enveloped
the building in their folds. The build;
ing was a fve.story structure and covered
q square block, reaching back to llth
avenue: The upper stories we're occupied
by the repair shops and combustible ma:
terial, which blazed as soon as touched
by the fire. The Offices were situated in
the southeast corner. They were in
flames so quickly that there was no
chance to save the books of thercompany::
In the stables were over sixteen hundred
horses and several hundred cars. Only
ten horses and two cars were saved, the
rest were all burned up. At two o'clock
this morning the walls of the building
fell in with terrible crash, sending mil.
lions of sparks and blazing pieces Of
wood high in the air. The fire alarm Of
the thrse SKIES had been made as soon as
the FIRE chief arrived at the scene, and
engines from all parts of the city with
water tower and hook and ladder com.
panies were rapidly coming. The heat
from the flaming building was 80 great
that several fremen and two policemen
were prostrated.
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A. very interesting discovery that a
plant we'll known in India, which is en-
tirely harmless, destroys the power of
tasting sugar, has been recently published
in Nature by Professor Thistleton Dyer.
The plant is the gymnema sylvestre,
growing widely in the Deccan Peninsula,
and also met WITH in Assam and on the
Coromandel coast. A late Governor of
Madras and other residents of India who
have tested the properties of this plant
certify that chewing two or three leaves
Of it absolutely abolishea the tongues
power TO taste sweetness. Professor
Dyer's experiments with leaves sent to
him at Kew, in England, corroborates
their testimony. This plant is likely to
prove most valuable addition to modern
.materia medica. Its power to destroy
the taste of sweetness suggests it's use by
physicians to correct morbid craving for
sweetmeats, which is q source of wide:
spread disorders of digestion. General
Ellea, of Madras, is reported as having
found that gymnenaa abolishes 1.-THE
power of enjoying 8 cigar" While
smokers may not relish this, physioians
NAV prize immensely a plant which, sd.
ministered to patients who use tobacco
to excess, would for q time, at least,
check inordinate smoking. The power
of the plant to render; tasteless many
drugs which are extremely nauseous
promises to commend it to the medical
profession.
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SprInkled With Blood.

CAMDEN, s. G.. May 81, 1SS7.=-some.
thing uncommon happened yesterday.
evening. A gentleman with his wife
and a friend were driving about one mile
South of town when all of a sudden the
breeze stopped entirely and the tempera-
ture went up several degrees, The wife
of:this gentleman then remarked 10 him
that there was blood or his ear, and on
turning to hear her he found that her
dress had been spattered with something
like blood. It was scattered just like it
had come In shower.
What was it? Gould 1t have been
shower of blood? Where did it come
from? The gentleman says be can offer
no explanation at all. I saw the spots
on his cravat and shirt, and it is said
that the dresses of the party were spotted
in the same Correspondence Nems
and Courier,
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that We have been in for the last twelve or

that we have been in for. the last twelve or
-ffteen, years, we can look over to Ireland
and see ourselves in the future; for those
people whom we choose to make rich by
purchasing supplies and implements, will
become the real eatata owners: aud what
will we be? Just!think
Do yon realize Who make5:the money?
There are but three branches under the
sun that make money-the farmer, me
$chanic, and miner. We have no mines
i'm Anderson County, we have-no manu-
factures to support the place. The far.
3mers ARE the yonly class to support the
place, and they generally spend-it before
;it is made. Will We go on thus, or will
i've ie, yet change our way and be q happy
and prosperous people, by turning our
attention to home industry and lending q
helping hand to those who have the vel:
fare Of the country at heart.
q, A SuErEPER
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WILHITE & WILHITE.
Pomona Hill Nurseries,
POMONA, N. G.

Two and a halfmiles west of Greensboro,
N. G. The main line of the R. & D. R.
R. passes through the grounds and with
in 100 feet of the Office. Salem trains
make regular stops twice daily each way.
Those interested in Fruit and Fruit grow.
ing are cordially invited to inspect this
the largest nursery in the State and one
among the largest in the South.
The proprietor has for many years yis.
tied the leading Nurseries North and
West, and corresponded with those of
foreign countries, gathering every fruit
that was calculated to suit the South,
both native and foreign. The reputation
of Pomona Hill Nurseries is such that
many agents going out from Greensboro,
representing other nurseries, try to leave
the impression that they are representing
these nurseries. Why do they do it?
Let the public answer.
have in stock growing land can show
visitors the samel the largest and best
stock of trees, &C., ever shown or seen in
any two nurseries in North Carolina,
consisting of apple, peach, pear, cherry,
plum, grape, Japanese persimmon, Japa.
nese plum, apricots, nectarine, Russian
apricot, mulberry, ounces. Small fruits:
Strawberry, raspberry, currants, pecans,
English walnuts, rhubarb, asparagus,
evergreens, shade trees, roses &c.
Give your order to my authorized
agent or order direct from the nursery.
Correspondence solicited. Descriptive
catalogues free to applicants.
Address,
J. VAN. LINDLEY.
POMONA,
Guilford County, N. C.
May 26, 1887 4G Gm
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Good Bye Blackwood.

The hearing in the case of Blackwood.
who needs no introduction to the readers
of South Carolina or Georgia papers,
took place yesterday before Governor
Richardson at the executive Office.
John Gary Evans, Esq, of Aiken
appeared, representing +. A. Blackwood,
for whom the Governor of Georgia has
duly issued requisition. The State Of
Georgia was not represented. Attorney
General Earle was present, but took no
active part in the proceedings.
Mr.. Evans produced the warrant issued
by Trial Justice J. D. Weeks of Aiken,
founded upon the affidavit of F. NJ.
Nixon, charging Blackwood with having
committed an aggravated assault upon
one Henry Morris of Aiken County, in
November, 1886. He also showed the
return of the constable, setting forth the
due arrest Of Blackwood, and presented
also the paper committing him to Jail.
Mr.. Evans took the position that
Blackwood should be held to respond to
the charge of crime against the laws of
South Carolina, the requisition to be
meantime lodged with the Sheriff of
Aiken County, and after Blackwood
shall have answered in our court, to be
enforced by his surrender to the Georgia
authorities. He maintained that 1T was
the duty of the Governor to have Black.
wood held to answer for the crime done
in this State, while it is in his discretion
to deliver him in response to the requisi.
ton.
No reply was made to Mr.. Evans and
Governor Richardson took the matter
under advisement. After consultation
with Attorney General Earle the Cover
nor reached the decision to honor the
requisition of Governor Gordon and q
mandate was issued for the delivery OF
Blackwood to the proper officers from
Georgia.
1t vas later learned from an unofficial
but thoroughly reliable source that it was
the intention of Mr.. Evans, Blackwood's
counsel, to attempt to prevent or delay
the return of his client by securing
writ of habeas corpus.-Columbia Register
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The Presbyterian Chasm.

u ST.. LOUIS, May 26.-The attention Of
the General Assembly of the Southern
Presbyterians vas entirely occupied to-.
day by discoursss on the advisability of
organic union with the Northern Church.
The Rev. j. NJ. P. Otis strongly adyoca.
ted union ;just as soon as it can be
accomplished on te-ms and conditions
safe aud honorable to both sides. The
animositiea engendered by the war
should be over. Episcopalians and Bap-
fists had united with their Northern
brethren, and, low was the time for
Presbyterians to do likewise. Northern
Presbyterians were drifting into South
ern territory, building churches, estab.
fishing missions and becoming part of
South Many people had united with
the Congregational Church because they
believed the Presbyterian Church of the
South was a church of sectionalism. It
was time that Presby terians were forget.
ting the quarrels of the past and Issues
that were dead.
The Rev. C. z. Vaughan, of Lexing
ton, Va, spoke against the majority
report. He thought the Church could
not change its relations as quickly as
business men and politicians. There
were three different religious differences
between Northern and Southern
churches doctrine. viz, creed, principle
aud ecclesiastical policy. The speaker
was opposed to allowing such wide lati.
tude to women as in the Northern
charches. He laid particular stress upon
the color line, and, after time, he said,
you will see an elegant black gentleman
offer his arm to your white girl and she
will accept it. The people from Yir.
ginia to the Gulf will not have their
relations With the colored race decided
BY the Northern Church. The Church
must teach that slavery was a moral
relation, not necessarily civil institu.
ton. He would as much expect to
revive slavery in the days of Ramasees
as now. fit was in his power to revive
slavery now, he would not do 30. He
advised the Assembly to be careful and
60 slow.
The Rev. B. M. Palmer, of New Or.
leans, revived The issues of the war, and
bitterly arraigped the Northern Church
for what he called "ejectment" in 1861,
and followed it with inaammatory
denunciation, bringing in the color line
and saying that that was the cause of
the split in 1861, and was the cause of
dissension now. :.
ST.. LOUIS, May 27.-The General
Assembly Of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, after two days discussion,
adopted resolution offered by DR.. Hoge,
of North Carolina, which was really q
substitute and compromise for the
minority report on organic union that q
committee of the Northern church to
ascertain the sentiment of the latter in
connection with ecclesiastical boards and
colored churches, and other subjects Of
the two churches as might be deemed
necessary. The vote stood 81 for, and
50 against the resolution.
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Cllarlotte's Female Physician.

DR.. Annie t.. Alexander has com:
menced the practice Of her profession ins
this city. DR.. Alexander enjoys the dis.s
tinctionsof being the only Southern:
female graduate sof .1medicine Sin the:
South ,Sand is the only: female. member OF
the N orth Carolina Medical Association
She is q natiVes0f.M cklenburg County
and is the daughter Of Dr. B. Alexan;
der of Lemley's Township. Her admit
tance into membership of the State
Medical Association is in itself sufficient
evidence of the fact that She is q well.
read and thoroughly competent physi'
Charlotte Chronicle.
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Brewers Fighting Prohibition,

BALTIMORE, May 26.-The National
Convention of the United States Brew
ers' Association to-day appropriated
$4,000 for the assistance of the brewers
of, Michigan, .S5 900 for the brewers of
Texas and S., 900 for the brewers Of Ten.
nesses. the money to be used in defeating
the efforts Of tie Prohibitionist in those
States. An extra assessment equal to
one years dues was agreed upon to en-
sble the board of trustees to fight tenn
perance people in various sections of the
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The number of Baptiats in the
United States is 2, ,792,570.

The number of Baptiats in the
United States is 2,7s2,570.
New York is talking about MI angry
son, who wears mourning because his
mother has remarked.
a Philadelphia paper, preaching
household economy, asked, ais there Il
wife in this city TO- day That makes her
husbands shirts 2" The following an
swer was received by return mail: 81 do,
but he won't wear 'em."
At recent church sociable in
Reading, there was an hour in which all
persons were fined FIVE cents each time
they laughed, giggled or smiled. Thee
had solemn time and the receipts very
small.
- Augusta claims to have a colored
man who catches fish in lagoons by div.
ing for them and taking them in his
hands. In the presence Of large party
on Thursday he dived and emerged with
large fish in each hand and Que in his
mouth.
"A letter from Alaska says that white
men are. constantly migrating to that
country, and its condition is rapidly
improving as to civilization and trade.
Many inducements, in the way of fishing,
stock raising, gardening, fur hunting and
and mining, are offered to hardy and
industrious settlers.
The people of the Holy Land ara
becoming civilized. Bethlehem's streets
are lighted with gas. Nazareth is the
headquarters Of big olive oil speculators,
and Cesarea is having building boom.
A. large soap factory has been established
on the site of the ancient Shechem, and
the people are beginning to use it on
their persons instead of trying to eat it,
as they did at first
- When Tom Hendrix, living near
Knoxville, Tenn, was fifteen years old,
he was whipped by local bully named
John Fl. Gallagher. The boy swore in
the latter's presence that when he attain
ed his majority he would kill Gallagher.
Last week he reached his twenty. first
anniversary, and on that day recalled his
oath, fulfilled the bond to the letter by
riddling his enemy with bullets. He
confessed on arrest.
- An Albany newspaper tells of q
well.to do, but very careful gen ntleman
who recently told friend in good faith
that he had discovered how to save on
his butter bills. "Just spread your bread
with butter" said he "then scrape it
off as closely as you can, and hold the
buttered side down when you eat it.
Your tongue strikes the butter at once,
and you get just as much flavor as if you
had three times as much butter and ate
it the other way"
Henry Stewart, Sing Sing convict,
made his escape from the prison on
Thursday, and all trace of him is lost.
He was employed in the laundry on Troy
shirts. When box of goods was packed
for shipment 10 that city he secreted
himself in the case and was carried out
and loaded into the car. He cut his way
out with small saw and chisel, leaving
his prison clothes behind on the car floor
He was not seen to leave the car, and a
good deal of mystery surround not only
bis escape, but also the way in which he
obtained his citizens outfit. Stewart was
sent up for ten years by Judge Cowing
November 26th, 1886, for robbery in the
first degree.
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But Fhres Under the Sun.

IL.
@ EDsToR Will you allow me q
|s2|I ia i yonr columns to give my reason
|s ssae are not ;a prosp parous people in
lerson Connty i think we; have as
County, Il not one. of the best, in
It prod ces nearly everything
81 |g man desires to grow for man and
M $ssts me; MonId only turn our atten.
to5ths abnainess. Yet I must say
ss|idssfs I neysr accomplish much. Are I've
sS bselassea witt thern2 I hope not /;
Sst NO eheosesto bnya from other States
ysayarg thing wessuse on sa. farm-from q
81 ! asaon down is the point Of ploW.
think every thing pertaining to
a 81 is Il II sarm, 81 Of snearly i 80, could be made at
q l lr,e and not send our money off to en-.
|s fI other:State while ours is suffering.
8| Is sonth car, boast Of good timber Of
@ ry ind desirable for any purpose; SO
sSs ss ssscan aupply ourselves with the best OF
TIMBER .littie cost, snd keep our money
sss home &c Ne only deeired it, but it
ssssns Ma had rather purchase an infe.
sF;or sarsicls away from home. Can you
Had ia place with the population Of
So anderson anywhere in the United States
d sfsxcept M places of resort without some
utaetorie Now, that is what
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- Col. T..J. Moore, of Spartanburg,
q few days ago. with the aid of one assis..
tant, took 800 pounds of honey from
twenty-five hives of the Simplicity pat.
tern. From some of the hives he took
sixty to seyenty.fve pounds. His wife
and daughter packed about four hundred
pounds Of the honey in shipping boxes
in one day. The quality is very fine, the
season having been, about dry enough for
honey. 81